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Latitude: 52.7196 / 52°43'10"N
Longitude: -2.8707 / 2°52'14"W
OS Eastings: 341286
OS Northings: 313910
OS Grid: SJ412139
Mapcode National: GBR BC.1PYC
Mapcode Global: WH8BK.WW6X
Plus Code: 9C4VP49H+VP
Entry Name: Courtyard Retaining Wall with Dovecote and Attached Outbuildings Adjoining Ford House to North-East
Listing Date: 18 March 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1055221
English Heritage Legacy ID: 258965
ID on this website: 101055221
Location: Ford, Shropshire, SY5
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Ford
Built-Up Area: Ford
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Ford
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Retaining wall Dovecote Appendage
SJ 4013-4113 FORD C.P. FORD
13/60 Courtyard retaining wall
- with dovecote and
attached outbuildings
adjoining Ford House
to north-east
GV II
Courtyard retaining wall and probable former dovecote with attached
outbuildings. Early C18. Red brick wall with high stepped plinth to south-east
side and chamfered red sandstone coping; approximately 26 metres long and
2 metres high; blocked segmental-headed doorway adjacent to house. Probable
dovecote incorporated in wall approximately 2/3 of the way along its
length: red brick with pyramidal slate roof; 2 storeys; high stepped plinth
to south-east, and dentil brick eaves cornice; north-west front: first-floor
louvred square opening with segmental relieving arch and ground-floor
segmental-headed boarded door off-centre to left; small low wing projecting
at left with stone-coped parapeted gable and segmental-headed boarded
loft door to front; right-hand return front of dovecote with segmental-
headed boarded loft door and pair of low segmental-headed ground-floor
doorways with flanking small square openings, one to left with stone
ledge, and pair of small segmental-headed openings above. Lean-to outbuilding
adjoining dovecote to north-east with lean-to corrugated iron roof, and
2 windows and door to front. Interior of dovecote not inspected. The
dovecote and retaining wall form one side of a service courtyard to the
north-west of Ford House (qv). V.C.H., Vol. VIII, p.226.
Listing NGR: SJ4128613910
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